BIOTECH companies could do a lot more to ensure the safety of genetically
modified crops, says a committee of experts advising the British government. New
technologies, it says, could be used to prevent the nightmare scenarios dreaded
by consumers and campaigners: genes resistant to herbicides crossing into other
plants creating an unstoppable superweed; plants with genes for toxic substances
pollinating crops and producing poisonous food; or modified plants containing
novel proteins provoking allergic reactions.
The Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE) has issued a set
of guidelines telling companies how to use the latest advances in biotechnology
to…
